Managing a game

[PeteBooth]

Jim P has posted some really good interps of the week. These interps get most of us to dive back in the books and keeps us sharp for the upcoming season, however,

Most of the plays described by Jim P thus far are rare in nature and therefore, would we actually enforce per the letter / authoritative opinion of the law

We have discussed rules in the past that basically we do not enforce such as the 20 second rule for F1 except if the kid is being a real wise a@@@@.

The uniform rule. I do not know about you, but there are many situations especially in doing modified and Freshman HS ball in which all kids believe it or not do not have proper uniforms, however, we continue the game anyway.

Also, it prettty much is a give now-a-days that F3 is allowed to keep 1 foot in foul ground when holding a runner at bay even though the strict wording of the rule says that F2 is the only player allowed to have 1 or both feet in foul ground.

In past threads, all the Boards had very Heated Discussions concerning the Neighborhood Play at second. In fact some of the threads (especially at McGriffths) got real nasty.

This year we had a thread on F1 while in the wind-up hearing his coach say hey Joey go from the set - Joey steps back (with wrong foot), but runners are not going anywhere - we ignor.

Also, at least in modified, some concessions are made with regard to Balks otherwise we have a balk-a-thon on our hands.

Ok Finally to the point of all this - This might sound simple and rediculous but How should we manage a game? , especially if we want to advance.

I know we are going to have to make some tough calls out there, but at what point do we enforce vs. let go?

Ok guys thanks

Pete Booth